Multimedia Development

THOMAS COLLEGE

CS 350

SPRING 1999

Instructor: Prof. Judy Hansen-Childers

Office: Room 110

Office Phone: 859-1111 Ext. 335

Office Hours: M, W, F - 9 AM to 10 AM

Tu, Th – 2 PM to 3 PM

Weds – 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM

Home Phone: 246-4885

E-Mail: jhcski@aol.com

or hansenj@thomas.edu

Instructor: Alan Hippler

Office: Room 218

Office Phone: 859-1125

Office Hours: By Appointment

E-Mail: hipplera@thomas.edu

SNOW PHONE / CANCELLATION LINE: 859-1140

Class Schedule:

Tuesdays and Thursdays - From 9:20 AM until 10:35 in Room 122.

Texts - Required:

Multimedia - Making It Work (4^th Ed) by Tay Vaughn (Osborne / McGraw-Hill)

Texts – Optional:

WAVs, MIDIs and RealAudio by Judi N. Fernandez (IDG Books Worldwide, Inc)

Required Materials:

Appropriate Hardware Resources

Other Internet Based Tool Resources

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Prerequisites: CS 118 and sophomore standing

This course will introduce students to the exciting and rapidly evolving technology of multimedia. Students will learn to design and produce multimedia projects through a hands-on study of the components, processes and software used to create multi and hyper-media.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

By the end of the course, the student should:

• • understand the terminology, functions and concepts of multimedia development.
  • understand the techniques, operation and role of sound, images, animation and video within multimedia.
  • be able to create a dynamic multimedia presentation using PowerPoint.
  • be able to design and create a dynamic, multimedia web page.
  • be able to design, plan and create a major multimedia project.
  • understand the characteristics and use of several multimedia software packages.
  • understand the hardware requirements and options associated with multimedia.
  • understand the role of multimedia within the Internet.
  • be familiar with the advantages, disadvantages and limitations of multimedia.

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ASSIGNMENTS:

Assignments will consist of readings, written assignments, projects and a major multimedia production project. PLEASE TYPE ALL PAPERS !

 

GRADING SYSTEM:

A (94 - 100) A- (90 - 93) B+ (87 - 89) B (83 - 86) B- (80 - 82)

C+ (77 - 79) C (73 - 76) C- (70 - 72) D+ (67 - 69) D (63 - 66)

D- (60 - 62) F (below 60)

GRADING:

Attendance and Class Participation………………………………….. 10%

Written Assignments…………………………………………………. 15%

Multimedia Software Analysis.........................................……………. 10%

Web Site Project.................................................................................... 10%

Project Design..................................................................................…. 25%

Major Project............................................................................………. 30%

 

ATTENDANCE:

Students are expected to attend all class sessions and to be prepared to either discuss the assigned readings or engage in class projects. If a student must miss a class session, it is the student’s responsibility to arrange other ways of obtaining the information covered in class. Please notify one of the instructors in advance if you have to miss a class. Students with excessive absences may not receive a passing grade.

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY:

Students who plagiarize papers or cheat on exams or projects will receive zeros for the work in question.

SYLLABUS ALERT!! This is a dynamic document. Since this is a rapidly changing field, we often run across something interesting during the course and add it on. J

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SCHEDULE

    Final Exam - Week of May 3 - TBA

This syllabus may be changed at the discretion of the instructors

Last Updated: January 7, 1999

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